Teatro Nacional D.MariaII

A participatory project by Keli Freitas that starts from encounters with immigrants living in Lisbon, placing their stories and perspectives at the centre of the stage. Between personal accounts and everyday gestures, the stage becomes a place of encounter, recognition and common construction.

The Teatro Nacional D. Maria II reopens with 'Macbeth', the same play that was on stage during the 1964 fire, in a contemporary take on memory and rebirth.

A play by Razões Pessoais, part of the Teatro Escolar series, based on Gil Vicente's 'Auto da Barca do Inferno', mixing the play's history with the experience of teachers and students.

A guided tour connected to a concert, with admission to the Átrio for €10.

Theatre play 'Unsee' with a ticket price of €10.

A theatrical creation exploring the party as a space of freedom, politics and community, resulting from the encounter between Teatro Experimental do Porto and Companhia Brasileira de Teatro.

In 'Menos de Cão Solteiro & André Godinho', the company Cão Solteiro celebrates the end of 29 years of activity with a performance that mixes the real-time filming of excerpts, theatricalized scenes, the dismantling of cinematic and theatrical apparatus, and a party, with the entire team on stage.

Teatro Nacional D. Maria II presents 'The Bald Soprano', a founding work of the Theatre of the Absurd, directed by Beatriz Batarda. The play dismantles the logic of communication through circular dialogues and banal situations.

Ali Chahrour brings us closer to the lives of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, sharing stories of exploitation, violence and survival. Through dance, song and word, the play traverses love, absence, motherhood and exile.

Khashabi Theatre presents the legendary Arab saga Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah, following the migration of the Bani Hilal tribe and the extraordinary life of Abu Zaid al-Hilali, in a show combining songs, dance, shadow theatre and puppets.

Play based on the Greek tragedy The Suppliants by Aeschylus, rewritten by Sara Barros Leitão, about the reception and integration of refugees.

Memorial looks retrospectively at the present time, reflecting on how we are hostages of the past, and imagines a future where we have incorporated the catastrophe as part of ourselves.

The classic fairy tale Cinderella, presented by Lígia Soares.

Romance is an invitation to discover recognition, repulsion, and humor when someone allows another person to speak for them. A playful parody of 21st-century Western common sense, in an intimate setting.

Theatre show at Estúdio Room, priced at 13€ with discounts for families, groups, youth, etc.

One day, six cities, a thousand stories. For many African and African-descent men, the barber shop is much more than a place for a haircut—it's a meeting point, a space for confidences. The play crosses continents on the day of the Champions League final, letting the audience eavesdrop on intimate conversations.

Theatre play about Emma, an actress in rehabilitation, reflecting on addiction, loneliness and transformation. With artist talk on February 21st. Prices between 10€ and 37.50€.

ISIN MAKEES takes the Timorese skulls held at the University of Coimbra as a starting point for a reflection on colonialism, memory and mourning, in a show that crosses theatre, music, dance and visual arts, created by Zia Soares.

A sound installation and performance that revisits the voices of people living near the Monument to D. Pedro IV in Rossio, exploring belonging, colonialism, and memory.

A show created by artists from Lagos, Ourém and Ponte de Lima, based on texts from the Boca Aberta project, reflecting on disappearance and memory.

Lisbon, 1946. The bankrupt manager of the D. Maria II Theatre sublets the venue for various activities, while the company prepares a radio play to celebrate the institution's centenary.

The 2027 trainees' show takes place in the Studio Room, with tickets at €13 and discounts for families, young people, seniors and other audiences.

Documentary theatre piece addressing the housing crisis in Portugal, following real stories of affected people, from homeless to activists, created by the collective Hotel Europa.

Theatre piece created by young artists from Lagos, Ourém and Ponte de Lima, exploring the theme of sea voyages and adventures, with performances in kindergartens.

BLUR presents a new myth for the modern era, where science changes our relationship with life and death. A production that brings together Phi Studio and Riverbed Theatre in a reflective journey about ethics, identity, and mourning.

A play that starts from the idea that nobody likes waiting, and invents a recipe to fill time and end boredom.

Where did blackface begin? When does it end? Blackface is a solo show written and directed by Marco Mendonça, a musical conference between stand-up and fantasy, satire and physical theatre, burlesque and documentary. Starting from personal experiences and the history of blackface as a racist theatrical practice, from its roots in the USA to Portuguese cases, Mendonça seeks the limits of what can or cannot be represented on stage. After producing his second creation, Reparations Baby!, premiered in 2025, D. Maria II now hosts the return to the stage of his first show as a creator. Talk with artists on May 30. Accessibility session with Portuguese Sign Language interpretation and audio description on May 30.

A new creation by Mário Coelho, a thriller with touches of dark humor. It tells the story of a young actor who lands the role of a lifetime: playing a man involved in a real crime that shocked the country. To prepare, he decides to visit him, but the conversation turns into an unpredictable game.

Razor in the Flesh reconfigures Plínio Marcos's classic through the lens of migrant experiences in Portugal, exposing contemporary mechanisms of exclusion in a tenement room.

Pândiga emerges from an encounter with Gil Vicente's Farsa das Ciganas, questioning 500 years of history and Europe's promises to those who come from outside.